Office of Interdisciplinary Studies
Togo Salmon Hall, Room 313,ext. 24265
http://www.mcmaster.ca/womensst
Associate Professor
Melinda Gough/(English and Cultural Studies; Women's Studies) B.A. (McGill), M.A., Ph.D. (Yale)
Committee of Instruction as of January 15, 2011
Christina Baade (Communication Studies and Multimedia)
Karen Balcom (History)
David Clark (English and Cultural Studies)
Daniel Coleman (English and Cultural Studies)
Ruth Frager (History)
Elisabeth Gedge (Philosophy)
Susan Searls Giroux (English and Cultural Studies)
Cathy Grisé (English and Cultural Studies)
Melinda Gough (English and Cultural Studies; Women's Studies)
Maroussia Hajdukowski-Ahmed (French)
Janice Hladki (School of the Arts)
Brigitte Sassen (Philosophy)
Eileen Schuller (Religious Studies)
Courses If no prerequisite is listed, the course is open.
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WOMEN ST
1A03
WOMEN, CULTURE, POWER
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An interdisciplinary introduction to Women's Studies focusing on how women and men shape and are shaped by culture (including popular culture), systems of power and institutional ideologies.
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Three hours (two lectures, one tutorial); one term
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WOMEN ST
1AA3
WOMEN TRANSFORMING THE WORLD
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An interdisciplinary introduction to Women's Studies that explores women's historic and current collective efforts to transform social, economic and political conditions both nationally and globally.
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Three hours (two lectures, one tutorial); one term
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WOMEN ST
2A03
HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
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An introduction to the growing national and international discussion of human rights, exploring the value and limitations of universal rights, equality under the law and social justice.
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Three hours; one term
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Prerequisite(s):
WOMEN ST 1A03 or 1AA3; or PEACE ST 1A03, 1B03; or registration in any Labour Studies program
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Cross-List(s):
LABR ST 2W03, PEACE ST 2B03
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This course is administered by Peace Studies.
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WOMEN ST
2AA3
INTRODUCTION TO FEMINIST THOUGHT
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An introduction to the history of feminist theorizing, including liberal, radical, socialist, multiracial, poststructural, postcolonial, third wave, queer and global feminist approaches.
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Three hours (two lectures, one tutorial); one term
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Prerequisite(s):
Registration in Level II or above.
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WOMEN ST
2B03
WOMEN IN THE BIBLICAL TRADITION
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This course will focus on the portrayal of women in the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament. Among the texts to be dealt with are examples of biblical narrative and legal material, the gospels, the letters of Paul and extra-biblical material.
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Two lectures, one tutorial; one term
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Cross-List(s):
RELIG ST 2B03
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This course is administered by the Department of Religious Studies.
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WOMEN ST
2BB3
IMAGES OF THE DIVINE FEMININE
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An examination of goddesses and female religious symbols in a variety of cultures: tribal, eastern and western.
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Two lectures, one tutorial; one term
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Cross-List(s):
RELIG ST 2BB3
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This course is administered by the Department of Religious Studies.
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WOMEN ST
2J03
GENDER AND PERFORMANCE
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An examination of gender as identities performed or constructed in complex social, historical and cultural processes and conditions, including how gender gives meaning to different performance texts, as well as to a range of performance practices in daily life.
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Three hours (lectures and discussion); one term
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Prerequisite(s):
Registration in Level II or above of a program in Communication Studies, Multimedia or Women's Studies
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Cross-List(s):
CMST 2H03
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This course is administered by the Department of Communication Studies and Multimedia.
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WOMEN ST
2K06
STUDIES IN WOMEN WRITERS
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A closely focused course on women's writing in English. The topic for the course varies, sometimes concentrating on specific issues, sometimes on an historical period or national literature. Relevant feminist theory is a component of the course.
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Three hours; two terms
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Prerequisite(s):
WOMEN ST 1A03, 1AA3; or permission of the Director of Women's Studies
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Cross-List(s):
CSCT 2K06, ENGLISH 2K06
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This course is administered by the Department of English and Cultural Studies.
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WOMEN ST
3A03
DOING FEMINIST RESEARCH
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An exploration of feminist research methods, focusing on experience, power and knowledge and on learning methods such as how to do oral history, interviews and participatory action research.
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Three hours; one term
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Prerequisite(s):
WOMEN ST 2AA3 or permission of the Director of Women's Studies
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WOMEN ST
3AA3
STUDIES IN FEMINIST THEORY
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An advanced course in feminist theory that explores the critical impact of recent work on identity and difference, nationalism, race, queer theory, poststructuralism and/or postcolonialism.
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Three hours; one term
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Prerequisite(s):
WOMEN ST 2AA3 or permission of the Director of Women's Studies
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WOMEN ST
3BB3
WOMEN AND VISUAL CULTURE
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Students will explore ideas about representation, spectatorship and production in relation to issues of social difference, such as gender, race and class. Emphasis is on visuality in forms such as film, video, television, advertising, et cetera.
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Two hour lecture and discussion, plus one weekly film screening; one term
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Prerequisite(s):
Registration in Level III or above; and one of ART HIST 2A03, CMST 2F03, 2I03, THTR&FLM 1B03 or both WOMEN ST 1A03 and 1AA3
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Cross-List(s):
CMST 3BB3, THTR&FLM 3P03
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Not open to students with credit or registration in WOMEN ST 3B03, if the topic was Images of Women: Reading Art, Media and Popular Culture.
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WOMEN ST
3FF3
GENDER AND RELIGION
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A study of gender in several religions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Christianity, Judaism and Islam. Important female religious figures and feminist theology will also be studied.
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Two lectures, one tutorial; one term
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Cross-List(s):
RELIG ST 3FF3
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Antirequisite(s):
RELIG ST 2SS3
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This course is administered by the Department of Religious Studies.
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WOMEN ST
3G03
HISTORY OF WOMEN IN CANADA AND THE U.S. TO 1920
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This course examines key areas of women's history, such as indigenous cultures, slavery, immigration, religion, "witchcraft", the family, sexuality, paid and unpaid labour, and the first wave of the women's movement.
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Three hours; one term
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Prerequisite(s):
Registration in Level II or above
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Cross-List(s):
HISTORY 3W03
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Antirequisite(s):
WOMEN ST 3X03
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This course is administered by the Department of History.
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WOMEN ST
3GG3
HISTORY OF WOMEN IN CANADA AND THE U.S. FROM 1920
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This course examines key areas of women's history, such as the impact of the Great Depression and the Second World War, the civil rights movement, the sexual revolution, and the second wave of the women's movement.
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Three hours (lectures and discussion); one term
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Prerequisite(s):
Registration in Level II or above
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Cross-List(s):
HISTORY 3WW3
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Antirequisite(s):
WOMEN ST 3X03
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This course is administered by the Department of History.
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WOMEN ST
3H03
CRITICAL RACE STUDIES
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This course examines contemporary debates in critical race theory in an attempt to critically decode the operations of race in literary and cultural texts.
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Three hours; one term
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Prerequisite(s):
Registration in a program in Cultural Studies and Critical Theory, English, Peace Studies or Women's Studies
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Cross-List(s):
CSCT 3A03, ENGLISH 3A03, PEACE ST 3A03
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Antirequisite(s):
COMP LIT 3RR3
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This course is administered by the Department of English and Cultural Studies.
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WOMEN ST
3HH3
THEORIES OF GENDER AND SEXUALITY
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This course explores a range of theories of gender and sexuality by working through readings from the intersecting fields of feminist, queer and masculinity studies.
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Three hours; one term
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Prerequisite(s):
Registration in a program in Cultural Studies and Critical Theory, English or Women's Studies
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Cross-List(s):
CSCT 3AA3, ENGLISH 3AA3
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Antirequisite(s):
COMP LIT 3AA3
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This course is administered by the Department of English and Cultural Studies.
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WOMEN ST
3I03
PHILOSOPHY AND FEMINISM
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A study of philosophical issues in feminist thought.
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Three hours; one term
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Prerequisite(s):
Registration in Level III or IV of any program or six units of Philosophy. WOMEN ST 1A03, 1AA3 are recommended.
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Cross-List(s):
PHILOS 3I03
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Offered in alternate years. This course is administered by the Department of Philosophy.
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WOMEN ST
3Z03
WOMEN AND MEN IN WAR AND PEACE
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This course focuses on how gender and other differences shape our experiences of war and struggles for a more peaceful world.
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Three hours; one term
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Prerequisite(s):
Registration in Level III or IV of the Combined Honours in Women's Studies program or Peace Studies program or permission of the Director of either program
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Cross-List(s):
PEACE ST 3Z03
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WOMEN ST
4A06
INDEPENDENT RESEARCH
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Students develop their own research projects, in regular consultation with a faculty supervisor. Upon completion, students present their results at a one-day open forum, and submit a written report.
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Prerequisite(s):
Registration in Level IV of the Women's Studies Program
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WOMEN ST
4C03
TOPICS IN FEMINIST SCHOLARSHIP: WOMEN IN CANADA
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An intensive seminar in a field reflecting the instructor's research interests. Students benefit from current scholarship and learn research methods complementary to those used in WOMEN ST 4A06.
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Three hours; one term
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Prerequisite(s):
Registration in Level III or IV of the Combined Honours in Women's Studies Program or permission of the Director of Women's Studies
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WOMEN ST
4D03
INDEPENDENT STUDY
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In consultation with a faculty member, students will research an approved topic, on the basis of materials outside normally available course offerings. A major paper will be required.
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Prerequisite(s):
Registration in Level IV of the Combined Honours in Women's Studies program and permission of the Director
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WOMEN ST
4J03
CROSSING BORDERS: GLOBAL FEMINISMS
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Examines how diverse women's lives are being transformed in a rapidly changing global society and the implication of women's changing places in society and space for feminist theory and practice.
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Seminar (two hours); one term
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Prerequisite(s):
Registration in Level III or IV of the Combined Honours in Women's Studies program
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Cross-List(s):
CSCT 4J03, ENGLISH 4J03
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WOMEN ST
4WA3
WOMEN AS PUBLIC INTELLECTUALS
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A focus on the extensive social contributions of women whose intellectual audacity, originality and commitment have significantly impacted late 20th-century and contemporary thought.
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Seminar (two hours); one term
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Prerequisite(s):
Registration in Level IV of the Combined Honours in Women’s Studies program
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Cross-List(s):
CSCT 4WA3 , ENGLISH 4WA3
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Departmental permission required.
This course is administered by the Department of English and Cultural Studies.
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Note:
The following courses, offered by other departments, may be used to help fulfill Women's Studies program requirements, provided that the prerequisite requirements of the home department are fulfilled. Women's Studies program students should consult the undergraduate counsellor in Women's Studies if they intend to take the courses on this list for credit towards a program in Women's Studies.
| COMP LIT 4E03 |
TOPICS IN COMPARATIVE LITERATURE (when the topic is Twentieth-Century Women Writers) |
| HISTORY 4I03 |
WOMEN AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN THE 19TH- AND 20TH-CENTURY UNITED STATES |
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KINESIOL 4T03
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GENDER, SPORT AND LEISURE |
| LABR ST 3E03 |
WOMEN, WORK AND UNIONISM |
| SOC WORK 4R03 |
SOCIAL WORK WITH WOMEN |
| SOCIOL 2Q06 |
SOCIOLOGY OF GENDER |
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